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Jennyoffice
Honorary Farmgirl
521 Posts
Jenny
Moscow
ID
USA
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 Posted - Mar 01 2011 : 3:18:50 PM
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I got this press release in my email today. While I'm not a fan of Miracle-Gro. I have to say that this is a pretty cool thing they are doing. I am a huge proponent of community gardens and green spaces in communities.
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The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company Offers Grants for Community Gardens and Green Spaces
World’s Largest Lawn and Garden Company Launches Program Helping
Communities to Cultivate a Green Thumb
Marysville, OH, March 1, 2011 – The goal: to plant 1,000 gardens and green spaces across the U.S., Canada and Europe by 2018. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company wants to make that happen and today launched a new program called GRO1000, offering $1,500 grants to deserving communities and organizations in the hopes it will get people involved in creating more community gardens and green spaces where they call home.
“Something happens when communities grow and learn together,” said Jim King, ScottsMiracle-Gro’s senior vice president of corporate affairs. “People develop a sense of pride and accomplishment when they get involved in cleaning up their neighborhoods, growing flowers, or cultivating their own healthy local food, and we want to help them get the job done.”
Communities interested in pursuing 2011 GRO1000 grassroots grants can apply online at http://thescottsmiraclegrocompany.com/GRO1000 by March 31, 2011. Projects should include the involvement of neighborhood residents and foster a sense of community spirit.
This year’s crop of ScottsMiracle-Gro’s community gardens is already underway. Today, teachers, parents, and students at Morning Star School in Tampa, Florida are getting their hands dirty planting edible and learning gardens on the school’s campus.
Throughout 2011, ScottsMiracle-Gro and its partners: Keep America Beautiful, Plant A Row for the Hungry, Garden Writers Association, the National Gardening Association and Franklin Park Conservatory will establish gardens and green spaces in Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, New York, Ontario, Canada and Lyon, France.
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laurentany
True Blue Farmgirl
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Laurie
Patchogue
NY
USA
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Posted - Mar 02 2011 : 2:52:35 PM
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Thanks for sharing Brian. I agree about not being a fan of Miracle Grow, however if we can get more people gardening- especially those that normally wouldn't have the opportunity, it can only be a positive thing!
Appreciate you passing on the information- perhaps my daughters elementary school can look into the grants!
Warm Farmgirl Smiles,
Laurie
Farmgirl Sister#1403
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Grant Money for Community Gardens.
